Ikebana vase

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When I was a florist, I always found arranging in vases really challenging because everything just wants to fall over unless woven together really tightly, but that means you have to have lots of material and the design looks very cluttered. So I wanted to make a vase with some internal structure to support the flower stems, and then I saw the beautiful mugs Jérémy Bellina makes, with a cylindrical hole through the body instead of a traditional handle, so that inspired this design. I’m really happy with it! I’d love to try it out with some more linear native material like Xanthorrhoea grass, imagine it weaving in and out of the holes! Keane stoneware 7 clay body, handbuilt with slabs. Black underglaze detail using Chrysanthos, glazes from The Wheelhouse Studio. Tenmoku inside the vase and the holes, and Ketchup on the outside. Fired cone 10 oxidation.